But who was the original Rorschach? Who was no one and now, in HBO's series everyone—wearing plaid? After masked heroes are outlawed by congress, Rorschach begins fighting crime alone. He does so until October , when the novel begins.
In October, Rorschach investigates the killing of another superhero, the Comedian. Believing somebody to be assassinating masked heroes, Rorschach calls on each of his former crime-fighting partners: Dr. Midway through the story, however, Rorschach walks into a trap and is violently arrested by police.
Most of what we learn about Rorschach in the novel occurs in a series of flashbacks, framed while Rorschach is in jail and receiving psychological evaluation—the inkblot test that bears his name—by psychiatrist Malcolm Long.
Rorschach initially lies to Long, claiming to see only butterflies and flowers when in fact his violent history unfolds before the reader. As the story goes, Rorschach was born as Walter Kovacs in She beats Kovacs after he walks in on her with a client. Kovacs is ten. The other heroes agreed that they must keep the hoax a secret, but Rorschach flatly refused to comply "Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.
That's the difference between us, Daniel. Manhattan told Rorschach that he "cannot allow" him to reveal the truth to the world, but Rorschach maintained his defiance. Enraged and in tears, Walter Kovacs removed his mask and demanded that Manhattan kill him if that is what it took to protect Veidt's utopia. Although reluctant and showing emotions again, Manhattan silently complied with Kovacs' request.
However, Rorschach's legacy may have had greater consequences. Prior to departing for Antarctica, he wrote a lengthy journal detailing his investigation and sent it to a reactionary right-wing newspaper The New Frontiersman.
While Veidt was confident Kovacs would not be believed by the public, since his mental illness was well known, the question of whether the journal's contents would be printed and his evidence seriously examined was left unknown. It is eventually revealed that The New Frontiersman found and published Rorschach's journal, but "It was ignored as most things in The New Frontiersman were at the time". DC Database Explore. DC Comics. TV Series. Zack Snyder's Justice League. Administrators Manual of Style Recommended Reading.
Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Walter Kovacs Watchmen. View source. History Talk Do you like this video? Although it may not hold any significance at the moment, as with all reappearing imagery in the revolutionary comic book, it is there for a reason.
The blood splatter on the face bears a striking resemblance to an arrow, one that appears on the cover page of Chapter 1 pointing to 12 minutes before midnight.
However, as the clock strikes midnight and humanity is seemingly saved from the nuclear apocalypse, the smiley face reappears in the last panels of the comic, once again stained with an arrow pointing to 12 until midnight, counting down to the next catastrophic disaster. Moore displays the future as relentless and recursive.
What is destined to happen will happen: the only variable is when. By displaying the future as immutable, along with the endlessly violent and gloomy backdrop in which the story takes place, Moore emphasizes the single variable: the distinct morals of the unique characters. Despite this, Manhattan decides to base his morals on preserving human life, which always seems to find a way to reset itself after great tragedy or a period of peace. Since he also sees that time is fixed and enduring, he determines that the laws society enacts to protect life are both necessary in the short term and useless in the long term.
Similarly, Adrian Veidt, or Ozymandias, holds a consequentialist view of morality, basing his actions solely on their final results, choosing to ignore short-term harm in service of long-term benefit. Albeit he has taken it to the extreme in his decision to kill millions of New Yorkers and blame it on aliens in order to bring about world peace.
Moore thus seems to provide three distinct views of morality to show the extremes of all variations. Ozymandias represents the epitome of long-term, consequentialist thought, Rorschach, the simple self-righteous mentality, while Manhattan displays deontological ethics, basing his judgment on what is better, worse, or insignificant for humanity.
However, despite how it may seem like his morality is based on the good of others, it is ultimately derived from a selfish need for fulfillment, a need to feel like he is making a difference. Her exploration provides an interesting insight into the mind of Ozymandias.
Though they built great kingdoms, their impressive empires were no exception to the ravages of time. Additionally, Moore seems to use Ozymandias as a foil for Rorschach, a point of comparison to highlight the distinguishing features of both characters.
While Ozymandias is wealthy, powerful, and handsome, Rorschach is filthy, despised, and unattractive. Ozymandias struggles to justify his actions, even to himself, and is left wondering how long his newly created peace will last, with Dr.
No matter what the circumstances are, they can always change, hopefully for the better. More importantly, Watchmen exhibits the best part of being human: our ability to choose our own ideas for right and wrong and act upon them. Despite being deemed superheroes, the characters in Watchmen , including Dr. Manhattan, are all fundamentally human. Perhaps the point is not that superheroes can be human, but that humans can be superheroes.
Dietrich, Bryan D. Previously, we introduced you to the characters who inspired "Watchmen" characters Dr. Despite a comic and a radio series, he never got the popularity of Superman or Batman.
Charlton bought the character and revamped him in Now, Dan Garrett was an archeologist who found a mystical blue scarab which granted him magic armor.
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